School of Health and Exercise Sciences

New research published today in the Journal of Physiology demonstrates that drinking a ketone supplement can lower blood sugar levels and might be a new tool to help diabetics control spikes in blood sugar.

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Dr Chris Willie. Chris was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at UBCO having also completed his PhD with us in 2014. Chris was an incredibly talented young scientist and educator who had a brilliant mind […]

UBC researcher Danika Quesnel says telling people who are undergoing treatment for an eating disorder to completely abstain from exercise can be detrimental to the patient’s recovery and long-term health.

Partnership sets-up university laboratory downtown Kelowna With world diabetes day just around the corner on November 14, UBC Okanagan associate professor Mary Jung wants to help those living with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes create, and more importantly, maintain healthy habits. The developer and researcher has devoted her research career to investigating what makes healthy […]